The Daily Populous

Wednesday July 17th, 2024 night edition

image for Bye, bye Aileen | Judge Cannon’s dismissal of Trump’s documents case is likely to be overturned — and she’s likely to get the boot

Cannon dismissed the case on procedural grounds, without ever considering the mountain of incriminating evidence against Trump:.

Another tranche of more than 30 classified documents Trump had turned over to the Department of Justice in response to a subpoena.

Testimony from Mar-a-Lago employees that the boxes of classified documents were moved at the behest of the former president.

Days before he left office in 2021, Donald Trump illegally removed from his White House residence hundreds of boxes of government property.

In November of 2022, Jack Smith was appointed special counsel to investigate and potentially prosecute Donald Trump in the classified documents case.

The case landed in the court of a Florida judge Trump appointed to the bench, Aileen Cannon.

The special counsel is bound to include in its appeal an argument that Judge Cannon be dismissed from the case. »

Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of taking bribes in cash and gold and acting as Egypt’s foreign agent

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I have never, ever been a foreign agent,” Menendez said before a collection of microphones before walking briskly to a waiting car.

He said gold bars found in his New Jersey home by the FBI belonged to his wife, Nadine Menendez.

AP AUDIO: Menendez found guilty AP correspondent Julie Walker reports Senator Bob Menendez found guilty on federal charges including accepting bribes. »

Baby ‘saved from traffickers’ was borrowed by charity for photos

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An ex-police officer who claims to save children from human traffickers has faked stories to raise money for his charity, the BBC has discovered.

Adam Whittington, founder of Project Rescue Children (PRC) says he has helped more than 700 children in countries including Uganda, Kenya and The Gambia.

PRC has described our allegations that it does not support children as being “completely without merit, misleading and defamatory”. »

Thomas Matthew Crooks Had Donald Trump Signs in His Yard—Neighbor

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Authorities identified Thomas Matthew Crooks as the gunman who opened fired from a rooftop as the former president spoke at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.

Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the gunman who fired shots at Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday.

A neighbor of the 20-year-old has said they saw pro-Trump signs in the yard of his family's... Thomas Matthew Crooks was identified as the gunman who fired shots at Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday. »